Männlich

Gauner

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. (informal, masculine, strong) petty thief, crook, racketeer
  2. (informal, masculine, strong) sly, cunning person

Frequenz

C1
Dialekte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

galgestrigg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

galgevoogel

Daten bereitgestellt von: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈɡaʊ̯nər/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From thieves’ cant (Rotwelsch) Jauner, Joner (“gambler, cardsharp”), attested ca. 1500 alongside the verb jonen. Further usually derived from Yiddish יוון (Yoven/Yovon, “Greece”), from Hebrew יָוָן (yāwān), because Greeks were said to be skilful cardsharps (compare French Grec in this sense). The anlaut is due to hypercorrection based on the widespread Central German pronunciation of initial g- as /j/. The form was established by Lessing.

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